The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden... plus her diary for the week!

The days might be cold and grey but your outside space can still bring you joy – there are sturdy, vigorous plants that will fill it with beauty and heart-lifting colour…

Liz Zorab lists her favourites for early winter interest and scent

REAL readers' gardens! Putting the garden to bed ...

One of our later asters here at Hillside, which is useful for maintaining a sense of expectation throughout the latter parts of the growing season. Its handsome, serrated foliage remains healthy and h

The quiet beauty of winter sets the stage in this garden, where topiary shapes and the borrowed landscape are the main performers